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From: suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-01-18 (Saturday)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:34:11 -0800
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On 1/19/2025 6:53 PM, super70s wrote:
> On 2025-01-19 22:21:08 +0000, suzeeq said:
> 
>> On 1/19/2025 1:49 PM, super70s wrote:
>>> On 2025-01-19 19:14:10 +0000, Arthur Lipscomb said:
>>>
>>>> On 1/19/2025 11:05 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>> On 1/19/2025 9:10 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What did you watch?
>>>>>>
>>>>> 'The Spy Who Loved Me'.  Did you know that Roger Moore was Eon's 
>>>>> first choice for Bond back before 'Dr. No'?  But he was unavailable 
>>>>> until 'Live and Let Die'.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That sounds vaguely familiar.  I also recall hearing Ian Fleming 
>>>> wanted Christopher Lee (who Fleming is related to) to play Bond but 
>>>> the studio went with Connery instead or maybe it was Moore instead.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In just a few more months I *should* be into my Bond rewatch.  :-)
>>>
>>> Several years ago I bought everything from Dr. No through The Spy Who 
>>> Loved Me on sale at Big Lots for $3 each. I also own the first two 
>>> Craig Bonds.
>>>
>>> Too bad about Big Lots folding up the tent, BTW. Another casualty of 
>>> online commerce I guess.
>>
>> We still have them around here. Maybe it was just your local store.
> 
> I believe I heard something about them being bought out by some 
> investors who plan on keeping some of the stores open but I was in my 
> local one last week and they had going out of business discount signs on 
> everything.
> 
I read that too. The closest store to me didn't say anything about 
clearing out on the website.